The Neuroptera of Malesia: 4 (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks) - Hardcover

This volume brings together much hitherto highly scattered information on lacewings and their allies known from Malesia. It includes keys to generic level, notes on the diversity and representation of each genus, and comments on the faunal relationships within the region. Each of the twelve families is defined, and information on biology and any economic importance summarised. A regional checklist of all species recorded from Malesia and nearby areas, with original references to descriptions of all taxa. Use of the book by non-specialists is facilitated by illustrations of many characteristic and diagnostic structural features, and a glossary explains much of the technical terms employed.

Tim New is Reader in Zoology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He has wide interests in insect systematics, ecology and conservation and is a recognised expert on Neuroptera and Psocoptera. He has published widely on these orders and travelled much to collect and study them in many parts of the world.